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While I love the trailer, and Max Payne is probably one of the better video game choices to base a movie on, I'm appalled that they cast Mark Wahlberg as Max. I hate this guy. He's a horrible actor. He's never been convincing for me in any role.

Oh well, here's hoping he surprises me....

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I find it appalling that they cast Mark Wahlberg in any role other than over-the-hill, trendy pop star...

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I don't mind Wahlberg. He's never really stood out to me in either a really great or really terrible way (though, I hear "The Happening" is shit-tacular) - but he certainly looks the part of Max Payne. What's more surprising is that this movie doesn't look like crap, as most other videogame adaptations tend to be.

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Bean

I just saw The Happening and what you heard is right. It was shitty. It really wasn't that bad of a movie, it just wasn't a good one. There was no real "resolution" or any real adversity for the characters to overcome.

It was essentially like this:

1. Event starts
2. Characters run, bad things happen
3. Event stops

There was really no overall point to it. The characters didn't really serve to advance the plot of the "event", and the mild amount of character drama, and by mild I mean almost none, was ruined by Marky Mark. There was no real mystery, a secondary character says "I think this is what it is" 20 mins into the movie and that is EXACTLY what it is. There's no added details, no further explanation, nor is any needed. No plot twist, no surprise ending, no "characters stopping it". It starts, they run, it ends. That's it! They essentially bungle their way to the end of the movie.

As for the trailer, I agree, this looks like an amazing take. Although I could see the guy who played the punisher looking better for the role than Wahlberg, and we know he's a much better actor for the part. Let's face it, Max Payne is essentially The Punisher with some Clint Eastwood thrown in.

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Cymro

Waaaaaaaaage the waaaaaaaaar on organized crime
Sneeeeeeak attacks repel down the rooocks
Behind the Lines...

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Bean

Huh?

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Cymro

Someone mentioned The Punisher and it reminded me of that awesome half a Megadeth song that's about The Punisher

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"But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty klingon."

Sam Cogley

Forget it, he's rolling.

Bean

What song is that? I've never heard about that before.

Well he's listening to Megadeth, of course he is.

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Cymro

Holy Wars...The Punishment Due

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"Let me tell you something about humans, nephew: They're a wonderful, friendly people - as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working.

"But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty klingon."